User Researcher Contracts in Central London

User Researcher
London > Central London

The median User Researcher daily rate in Central London is £451, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 128 157
Rank change year-on-year -3 +29 +29
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a User Researcher 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.17% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £500 £486
25th Percentile £450 £514 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £464 £594 £584
90th Percentile £472 £605 £626
London median daily rate £451 £500 £563
% change year-on-year -9.90% -11.11% +2.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,893 2,173 3,302
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 94.73% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,258 1,460 2,290
10th Percentile £325 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 13
10th Percentile £19.05 £19.60 £14.67
25th Percentile £23.75 £22.84 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -22.86% -15.66%
75th Percentile £36.00 £65.63 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £80.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £33.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -13.22% -10.48% +8.24%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in Central London

User Researcher
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in Central London

User Researcher
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Researcher within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -4 3 £451 -21.65% 10
User Researcher
London

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 20 August 2025, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Contextual Inquiry
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Social Listening

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Contextual Inquiry
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Social Listening
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility